The importance of being Sharon, Ronke and Eliza

The importance of being Sharon, Ronke and Eliza

A new version of Oscar Wilde’s iconic play The Importance of Being Earnest is enjoying a sold-out run at the National Theatre. Jen caught up with its stars, Sharon D Clarke, Ronke Adekoluejo and Eliza Scanlen, to chat about the enduring appeal of the play, how they’re bringing it to a fresh audience, and accessibility of theatre in the UK. The run is now sold out except for Rush tickets, but you can catch it on NT Live from February 20. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Rosie Morris on the kids making sure Mum's OK

Rosie Morris on the kids making sure Mum's OK

An estimated one million under-18s in the UK help to look after a relative with a disability, illness, mental health condition or drug and alcohol problems. Inspired by her experience of providing end...

8 Jun 26min

Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Anoushka Warden have All The Rage

Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Anoushka Warden have All The Rage

Like women all over the world, writer and director Rebecca Lenkiewicz found herself in a state of disbelief, horror and rage when the naming of huge numbers of well-known, powerful associates of convi...

5 Jun 25min

The Bush Telegraph: PSG, FOH, WTAF?

The Bush Telegraph: PSG, FOH, WTAF?

Why are fans rioting when they won? Is a degree as worthwhile as it used to be? How badly are some pregnant women treated in maternity wards? Where is London's newest museum? And who has just become o...

4 Jun 31min

Rated or Dated: Hudson Hawk (1991)

Rated or Dated: Hudson Hawk (1991)

Is it a bird, is it a fish, is it a pig, or is it swinging on a star? Turns out, Michael Lehmann’s Bruce Willis vehicle is everything and nothing much at once. But the film that famously blew its budg...

3 Jun 26min

Straight talking, with Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Straight talking, with Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Fewer and fewer woman now identify as straight. Why? Well that's what Phoebe Maltz Bovy's new book The Last Straight Woman sets out to discover. She chats to Hannah about how trends, empathy for LGBT ...

2 Jun 28min

Alex Light knows the price of pretty

Alex Light knows the price of pretty

Over on Instagram, Alex Light is a rare voice of sanity amid the relentless madness that is beauty standards for women and girls. Her new book, The Price of Pretty, examines the crushing beauty standa...

1 Jun 27min

Lalala Let Me Explain on why ‘unwise’ should also be illegal

Lalala Let Me Explain on why ‘unwise’ should also be illegal

Much older men have dated much younger women since time immemorial, but should it feel inappropriate when the younger women in question are over the age of consent, but not yet 18? Dating educator, so...

29 Mai 27min

The Bush Telegraph: Piss poor judgment all round

The Bush Telegraph: Piss poor judgment all round

Join us for a little tour of the devolved Governments (where Wales comes out a lot better than Scotland, if we're honest), and for a look at one of the worst rulings in an English court in a long time...

28 Mai 28min

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